West Virginia Ranks 42nd in Child Well-Being but Inaccessible, Unaffordable Child Care Will Continue to Push More Families into Poverty 50-State Data Shows Economy Loses $122 Billion a Year as Child Care Challenges Cause Parents to Miss, Quit or Scale Back Work,Annie E. Casey Foundation FindsCharleston,…
2023 West Virginia Rhododendron Girls State Attendants sponsored by the Chester American Legion Auxiliary Unit 121. Pictured left to right. Hannah Kliner, Madison Adams, Lilly Wharton, Macey Enochs and Avery Hall.
Two new positions will add to the resources available to Weirton students in the Fall semester. The Hancock County Board of Education approved Kristin Bowman-Cross at the site coordinator at Weirton Elementary School and Douglas Murray at Weir High/Weir Middle School. The positions are…
It’s known as the parade that goes around twice because it meets itself in the middle. The New Manchester 4th of July Parade will take place again this year with line-up at 6:00 p.m. at New Manchester Elementary with the parade beginning at 6:30 .…
CHARLESTON, WV – Gov. Jim Justice announced today that he has awarded $2,118,686 million in West Virginia Child Advocacy Center (CAC) Grant program funds to 22 projects. Locally, CHANGE, Inc. was awarded $89.664 to provide and coordinate child-centered, site-based services to victims of child abuse and…
Oak Glen athlete Kyler George has signed to play with West Virginia Tech. Pictured at his signing are (seated left to right)Matthew Greenlief, Kody George, Stacey Camerlin, Kyler George, Josh Weltner, Travis Simpson, and Xavier Howard and (standing left to right) Tambra Willis and Principal…
The Hancock County Democratic Executive Committee and Hancock County Democratic Women held their monthly meetings respectively at B4 Bar and Grill, 180l Pennsylvania Avenue, Weirton (T. Kosciusko Hall downstairs) on May 16th with Chairman Kathy Link calling the meeting to order, welcoming those in attendance,…
The city of New Cumberland and the NC Volunteers sponsored a house decorating contest for the month of May to encourage residents to decorate their houses and yards for the Memorial Day celebration. Everyone was asked to bring out the red, white, and blue…
Abigail Hunt, student at Weir Middle School, was the 2022-2023 Golden Horseshoe winner from Hancock County is shown with her certificate and Superintendent Dawn Petrovich (right). The Golden Horseshoe is administered to all eighth-grade-students to test their knowledge of West Virginia history. Established in the…